Another stumping! This is long - but I have included all the steps toward disaster just in case.
I seemed to have corrected the internet connection speed problem by resetting the Network System link settings, but I thought I ought to go ahead and zero the HD anyway to see if I could correct the persistent volume file errors. 1)I backed up using Super Duper and then zeroed as I slept only to find this morning that I had mistakenly Erased and Backed Up only the User Files. Very large groan - but oh well, maybe system needed to be reinstalled anyway. 2)Using 10.4.3 Install disk, I reinstalled onto the internal HD. 3)Restarted - all looked fine. Downloaded software updates. 4)Restarted into the External HD partition containing my Laptop's files. Using its copy of Superduper, I copied the Desktop partition's User files over. 5) Then I tried restarting into the Desktop's internal drive and got nothing but a GREYISH WHITE SCREEN and a friendly spinning ball. I found I could restart into the Laptop external partition or the Install CD, so I corrected permissions and checked the HD - all was well but still couldn't boot into the internal HD. 6) SO, I have figured out it must have had something to do with my entering a different "Short Name" (having forgotten the original) when I did the new Install. So, I have Erased and Reinstalled again - using the correct Short Name and the updates are now downloading. How _should_ I transfer those User files over from the Desktop external - now that the Short Names match? (I have found that I am often stopped from dragging by file permission problems.) Tannis ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe send a mail message with a SUBJECT line of "unsubscribe" to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> or <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
